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WAR DOCTOR, what do you advise ? I tb ., NS advise Alfred ellon's Concerts, afterwards to povent- A garden hear some charming singing, order ,ai„ef best advice I can give and magnificent potatoes, and that you. RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. ?PA celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest - '''ACH BRANDY, It 1 ' Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. th:old in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by tt Vents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WENDMILL-STRENT, W. otP t l 3B erve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Ilahan's LL Whisky." ---- FIE ROY AL INSURANCE COMPANY, 29, Lombard-street, London; and Royal Insurance-buildings, Liverpool. i t & the Annual Meeting, on'the lith inst., the following were 41 1 `"e of the leading results disclosed in the Report to the areholders. FIRE BRANCH. 771 e Premiums of the year 1863 reached the sum of £341,663 titte erV rn an amount of increase exceeding an advance of 1 977 862;eding that of any . pre- The Revenue from Fire Premiums has been en hanced in four years by the large sum of £113,353 T he Duty paid to G overnm ent i n 1862 was £7s 993 Ditto ditto, 18t3 88,966 Showing an Increase in one year of Aitiong the incidents which have tended to the advance 7nt of the Royal within the last lew moni hs may be reckoned a tion with respect to the losses sustained by the Ronexplo of th- Lotty Sleigh. which although on y con istent with jaigeneral tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulti k`iely proved to be no more than what had been done in tor a_er times by the o dest and most proverbial'y honourable fa ds its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public rour by its unhesitating prompt ess AS the largest tot.' of Revenue and the largest ratio of °gression have been attained in the present year, so it & bens that the largest Profit which it has ever alien to the D irectors to record has likevtis , on this occasion to be an t°llriced. The beance of net profit on theyear has amounted Z . 03,515 ;of which sum £34, .e 0 only has been roriatei Dividend and Bonus, and the large balan_e of £49,441 been "cried to Reserve. _ LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the Life Branch, as shown by the New Oiliness t ansacted in the last year, is most promising, and the advances made, year by year, in the amount of New In- I rances effected, sh w clearly the estimation in which the fl umpany is held. The following is a statement for the last eYea. 8 :- 41Q t Sum Assured on New Policies after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. ‘ 5 1.4 1859 ". 1 860 . 419,241 16 2 1861 1862 1863 Zilis rapid A - rowth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the Sum. W e rured, and upwarcss of 80 per cent. on the Premium re ia'lreci in the course of five years, may justly be co .sidered as thsn any which could hav been reasonably ex, ected T he first hall of the current year 1864, however, far outsti bps titheratio of incre a s e i n di ca ted by th- figures ju t quoted, as t i e Sum assured for that period of six months only actually Seeds Half-a-Mil ion sterling. 0-Fhe rate of Vlortality, likewise, still presents highly favour t,;'s features, and augurs well for the result to be -hown by the quinquennial investigation, which is to take place when 'Present year is conclud d. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. k unst, 1864. — A4 FINANCIAL CORPORATION (LI3IITED) INVITE SUBSCR PTIvNS FOR THE ABERAM AN IRON WORKS ( Limited ) , B,mres (lathave e Crawslappy lied or. Ra f i ey's), of which upwards of 5,05,000 1,:, been ..m eorporaied under the Companies Limited Liabi:ity Act, 1862. 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The extensive and valuable properiles of Crawshayßails , M P., known as the Abcraman Iron Wotke and C01b„,.1.37, b„,. 1. 37, are of European celebrity, and therefore only a very 'ler cle,cription of them will he necessary. ~,The properly, which has been carefully surveyed by Jo s hua o ` l 'hardson, Esq , M 1.C.E., F.G.S , extends over an area t 1,5 3 acres of Freehold Land, and is on tn . North Cro p of t he South Wales Coa , Basin. and contains a g reater number „ the veins of i oilstone and coal than is usually found in ' ll property of equal extent. "Ile great a d desirable feature of this property is, that it ,!,Freehold except es to one-third of' the minerals, upon w hich there' is - a trifling royalty. jhe coal is th,' noted berdare St am Coal. and certified Rthardson as " The best steam coal in the kingdom, • sta ds at the head of the Government list. e Tr Richardson describes the property in his Report "as I.lenitaining 16 veins of coal, of the aggregate thickness of 48 g a e , t, besides the numerous courses of ironstone, of the ag•,gre ,,Le thickness of teet these ext nd over the area of the estate, and • liere are four veins of the average th Or 8 feet, which crop out on the side of the mountain ; laci below the 9 feet there are four more veins of coal of 10 'et in thickness." phe ironstone " is the black bind, a carbonaceous ore, tr u.lch is comparatively rare, and elds from 6)to 70 percent. t.. 1.01 : 1 ," and aso the ordinary argillaceous ironstone. The regate thickness is 54 feet. \,,,The estate contains at least 91,485.440 tons of whole or uOO black coal, which would yield a s upply of upwards ot 00 b? as* band' a day, or iron 3 , o,onn um which is e y tor qual 304 ears ; and of ore, 4, , 40,5 0 t a ons, to 3,000 t r i) tis ot' bar iron per annum for 773 years ; and of rgillaceous I „,_ ° ustone, 135,3 9,270 tons, whi h is equal to 5' 0 tons per • or 26,10,) • one of bar iron tier annum for 1,300 years •clle estate communicates with the Aberdare Railway, and r „ also most admirably situated for water, the river Amin ' fl bilinithroue . h it. „ th'uls Company has entered into a provisional c , ntract for Purchase ot the whole ot the freehold and leasehold rn • ates above referred to, including• the h whole of the mine rats rents, royalties, wayleaves, &c. , besides the ironworks, „ 'l2 l -fie.ds, and goJelwill of the business , and a so the man • et u ,., 1 , 1 ,. 300 cot. ages, buildings, plant, machinery, engines, ' , s, railways, tramways, and other property. I,,"ct Crawshay ' Bail. y, although working the property only - a very limited extent, has realised very large prefits, and t ti e I 'M in consequence of advanced age, with a princely f er • trebled Mr Richardson reports that the income may be doubled trebled e Rh moderate additional outlay. and Mr. D. Jones i realised that tOO I Ilsed ; and assumin per annm net profit ca easl be 4 11 tr only half this income be pro y ed, suosing the share capital upon which the divpiend will Payablet„ to be £250, i follows that, after allowing in ir," est on loans, &c l5 to 20 per cent. will be ava lablc 44 a dividend to theshareholuers, and this not from an un pertakin, requiring to be developed, but from an old-estab °ied and lucrative business. St the has been arranged that the services of the whole staff are '„ l ,be disposition of this Company. ..!_he Company will enlarge the capabilities of the Works ~7( . 1 Colliery, and thus materially enhance the value of the prop erty. 10Joshua Richardson, Esq., has concluded his Report s "' v s I—" In conclusion, I beg leave to observe, that I have rarely inspected a mineral property in which the facilities for he cheap production and conversion of the coal and ironstone '`rc 4,reater, and in which the vast resources may be more l argely developed. 'Phis property contains the best steam Coal in the k ng d om , La. which at present there is a great de and, at highly remunerative prices. Without presuming q) enter into a discuss on of subjects not submitted to my Consideration, you will perhaps allow me to acid, that a greatly increased production of both coal and iron might be effected by the outlay of from £5,000 to £7,000, end that I be feve there are but ve'y few conce.ns in South Wales which would be more highly remunerative were the deve lopment of its resources carried to a much greater extent." Mr. David Jones has also reported as follows : The Aberaman Est to Iron Works and Colliery of Crawshay Bailey, Esq., M P., in the county of GI , morg,an. I ave been the hief engineer of several railways, mining en in( er for the late Thomas Po veil , Es q ., coal merchanr, and engineer for se% oral iron works and collierie , includieg Aberaman, for the last 25 years. r'rom this circumstance, and my acquaintance with the Aberaman Works from their opening, I have no hesitation in saying that Mr Bai ey has worke I them mil to a very limited extent ; and with a comparatively moderate outlay, a net i ncome' of £lOO, 00 a-year can be re lised from the estate. I I !ta of opinion also that the come can be increased yearly or a very lone' period, as the iron stone, black ban iron ore, , 111 ',ci lire clay are, as it were , inexhaustible , and the Col lieries • yield 1,000 tons of the beet steam coal a day for about The while property is exceedingly valuable, an d possesses unusual advantages for manufacture, car &c, DAVID JONES. Ilunaney Railway Eneineer's Office, Macheu, Newport, Monmouth hf e, July 21, 1864. With a view to keep the called-up Share Capital as low as t 4 sible, arrangements have been made by wilt h the %endor tern ageed to allow a large portion of he purchase money to ain rate nterest ; this will m ateria.ly increase the dividends ~,s h areholders. t cr of the Articles of ASSOdatiOn, which contain the bis of the provisional contract, and of the reports referred Panl'bay be seen at the offices of the Solicitors of tits Com -10-A-Pplicatons for the remaining shares must be =We in the Bli nn annexed, and be accom nied by a spay of £1 per 1 0 ar e ; no allotment be made, the amount will be returned ; ""e it a less number is allotd than is applied for the , ~, amount pati on appli ation will be applied towards G a Yinent of tle £4 due on allotment—the bal ance, if any, „ ' l ' l '4 re urne•i. n Prospectuses and Forms of App ication may be had at the rnce of the Company, and of the Rankers, Brokers, an,' Solicitors ; and also at the Offices of the Financial Corpora t v ° ll (Limited), ,4, Leadenhalk street, London. 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DUNN, in proposing the toast of the borough members. said perhaps he would not be intruding on the time of the company, being, as he supposed we were, on the verge of an election, if he took the liberty of saying a word or two as to the duties of the electors of the West Hiding. It should not be forgotten that the House of Commons was now what the middle class of the country made it. The middle class had taken the responsibility, enjoyed the pri vilege, and could not be released from the duty. He remem bered a time when the middle classes had very little to do with the majority of the members of the house. The coun try prospered thee, great men were in the house, great duties were done, and the name of England was held high through out the world, When the changes came doubts arose whe ther this position would be maintained. On the whole, he thought, they would now be agreed, whether Tory, Whig, or Radical—that the position of the country had been up held. As to its material prosperity there could be no doubt. But it was quite possible that the lower interests—mere mercantile interests—might prosper and yet the country sink in its own estimation and in the estimation of the world. England had not come to that yet, and it depended on the middle classes to prevent any such cala mity. All present knew how much he (Mr Dunn) wished it also depended on some other classes to a greater extent than it did now ; but at present what the House of Commons was depended mainly on the middle classes, and what the house was that eventually England must be—the House of Commons being the ruling power. What, then, had the middle classes to do ? He was speak ing to men of his own part y and to friends who were not of his own party ; he was sorry they were not—(laughter)— though he knew they had an equally great desire for the prosperity of the country, Both parties looked at the means differently, though they had the same end in view. What, than, had the middle classes to do, to whatever party they belonged ? They had, if possible, to sink minor differ ences. That, so far as he could see, was the rock ahead on which they were likely to run, Men were too liable to fancy they saw things so clearly that there could be no mistake, and that all who did not see the same were fools. If this went on, the rosult would be that whether a Liberal or Conservative were returned his re turn would be in the hands of the minority. In that case his election would not be the best, for it would not be the return of the mind of the electors, which was the thing re quired. He (Mr. Dunn) wished he could impress on his friends, and his younger friends especially, the importance of not making up their minds so strongly as to separate from their friends on minor matters, on mare questions of detail, and say, " I will either have all or none." As a nation, we ought to agree on great things, agree to differ on minor things, and, as far as possible, pull together. It had often been asked what had the middle classes done for the House of Commons during the 30 years the power had been in their hands ? Where were their men ? To that it, might be answered, compare the position of England now with the position it occupied 30 years ago. It was not yet all that could be wished, but it was more than dare have been hoped for 30 years ago. Notwithstanding that the middle classes, of whatever party they were, did not sufficiently consider their responsibilities, and did not sufficiently educate their young men to enable them to go into the House of Com mons, bearing with them that weight which they ought to have to do good to their country, he was proud to say they might point to middle-class men on both sides the house without hanging down their head. From the left hand of the Speaker—he was sorry to find his friend, Mr Roebuck, sat though ho did not always vote on that side—he might select three names, Mr Hardy (hear, hear, and laughter), Sir H. Cairns, and the leader of the Opposition, Mr Dis raeli, all middle-class men, and he did not think the Conser vative party had any need to be ashamed of these. Among the Liberal members he might mention the name of one who was lately in the Ministry, and in some degree under a cloud, which he (Mr Dunn) thought ho ought not to have been—the member for Halifax. (Cheers.) Mr Stansfeld was a man who, if he lived, was certain to make his way in the house and the country. Then there was the member for Sheffield, Mr. Roebuck. (Cheers, and some faint hisses, immediately drowned in a renewed burst of cheering) When mat had strong opinions and had the honesty to express them, they did not always expect every one to agree with them. But whatever the views of gentlemen with regard to the political principles of Mr Roebuck might be, he would appeal to any man whether John Arthur Roebuck might not be put forward as a representative—a worthy representative—of the middle classes. He might name, too, the member fur the Univer sity of Oxford, Mr Gladstone. There were three men on each side of the House sprung directly from the middle classes, each worthily representing their class, and the moral he would draw from this was, to urge the middle classes so to train their young men that they might be able worthily to occupy the positions held in the House of Commons by such men as he had named, (Cheers.) Mr Dunn concluded by proposing his toast. Mr ROEBUCK, who was received with reiterated cheers, after some introductory observations, said—ln my converse with life I have always, when I fell in with a man, endea voured to find out in what he may have been concerned, and the circumstances by which his mind is directed. When I have found that out, 1 have endeavoured to lead him to talk of that which he understood, and from that I have derived interest and instruction. I, sir, unfortunately for myself, am a politician, and I want to talk politics. If I had felt any diffidence about that, my honourable and dear friend, if he will allow me to call him so, has set me an example which I shall not hesitate to follow. He has spoken of the present Parliament as a do-nothing Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I understand that " Hear, hear," and I say that the last session was par excellence a do-nothing session. (Hear, hear.) Now, just wait a moment. (Laughter.) Perhaps the idea may receive a different signification before I have done. (Cheers and laughter.) That do-nothing Parliament received into its hands a grand deposit. What was that ? Why, that politically it was appointed to watch over the welfare and the interests of England. (Hear, hear.) Thirty five years ago, or something more than that, there arose up among the people of England a desire for reform. The re form began by liberating the Catholics. Then came the grand reform —the reform of Parliament itself. We then, sir, re formed—l say we, for I formed part of that band 30 or 32 years ago—we reformed the municipal corporations, of which you stand forward upon the present occasion as a worthy repre sentative; we reformed the Poor Law, we reformed the government of the colonies, we reformed the municipalities of Ireland, and then, sir, we freed trade. (Cheers.) That is the result of the reform of Parliament. (Cheers.) W e l l, now, what is the result of that I look round me, and l am proud of being an Englishman. Thrones have tumbled down, empires have been destroyed, the model Republic bas been rent in twain ; but England stands serene in her greatness, and dares the world to oppose her onward pro gress. (A voice--Denmark.) I will touch upon all those wags before I have done. (Cheers.) Well, that is what we received as a deposit when we began to represent the people of England in the present Parliament—a precious deposit. Where was there a nation like it ? Where was there security for person, for property, and for character like that which England then gave to all her subjects ? Let me illus trate by one of the arts which has since taken place. Have a ny of you—l have—watched the painting of a great pic ture ? The artist began, having made his plan, and coon covered the canvas; he stuck in this figure and that figure, and you said " How rapidly he worked ; he has, indeed, done great things." But then came the finishing of the picture. That was a slow process. The things he did from month to month were not recognised by the uninformed. That perfectly illustrates what took place in Parliament. We reformed all the great abuses, and we aro now endea vouring to perfect the great picture we then began, (Cheers.) I do not mean to say that there is not yet much to be done; there is. I am very much of that class of man who says, think not of rest while aught requires to be d one . That is very much my feeling, but still I cannot help con sidering the grand deposit that is in my hands—the great happiness, welfare, and wellbeing of the great pe o pl e of England that is committed to me. Shall I hastily, rashly, imprudently, do things which shall render doubtful and dangerous that which lam attempting to perfect. Now, sir, pardon me, I am only following in the tracks that have been made for me ; pardon me if I say that there were three things upon which the Parliament of England and the Government of England acted in a manner foreign to my view, and yet I am here to vindicate the course they pursued. First of these was the great schism that oc curred in the modern Republic on the other side of the Atlantic, My feeling was at once to recognise the Confede rate States of America. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) That, I say, was my feeling, and had I been Prime Minister it should have been done. (Loud cheers.) Though out of e very 20 men I meet 19 are sympa t hize r s with the Confe derate States—(A voice—And would recognize them)—No, no, you are wrong. Though, I say, 19 out of every 20 men are sympathizers with the Confederate States, still I must say that the sympathy of England went not to the point of risking war for the Confederate States, (Hear, hear.) Well, then, Parliament—that middle-class Parliament of which my hon. friend has made mention—taking its view, taking its cue—its command from the kingdom over which it was destined to rule, said we will do nothing to risk the danger of war. The Ministry, following Parliament, did the same thing. I think as a bold politician Lord Palmer ston was wrong—(hear, hear, and no, no)—but he is a much olc%r man thin T, and though I do not accord with PRICF ..4d. STAMPED,....SI. his opinion I cannot mistake the prudence of his conduct. (Cheers.) He did what England desired he should do. Ho has followed what is called perfect neutrality, and we are now as we were at the beginning of that conflict. The next case in which Parliament acted differently from my view was that of Denmark. I thought Denmark oppressed by the bandit powers of Germany, and I would have sent the English fleet to defend her. Again Lord Palmerston said No." He followed the people of England. They felt for Denmark, but they did not feel so much for Denmark as to be willing to go to war for her. Lord Palmerston, a very wise old gentleman—(cheers and laughter) —took his cue from the people of England, and we allowed Denmark to be made the prey of the robber Germany. (Hear, hear and Shame, shame !) Shame it is; t hat is true ; but I cannot help feeling that the shame rests with the people of England. (Hear.) Well, now, I come to touch upon a ticklish subject, It it were not for the leading up on the present occasion I think I should hardly have had courage to venture upon it. ("Speak up.") I. speak as loudly as I can ; you listen. (Cheers and laughter.) I come to the question of reform. Now, you have returned a middle-class Parliament. I have been in that middle-class Parliament; I form a portion of it ; I live in it from day to day, and from night to night. I know its feelings ; I have probed its wishes ; I know what it will do, and it will not reform itself. But still comes the question, are the people of England in such a state of mind as to compel Parliament to reform itself ? (No, no.) I say they are not—(hear, hear) —and Lord Palmerston—again I quote the prudence of that wise old gentleman—(laughter) —said, " Parliament is against reform ; I wont propose re form until Parliament compels me," Well, now these are the three great things that the present Parliament have done. When you say they have done nothing, let me bring to your mind what would occur to a patient in a high fever. If he sent for a doctor, and the doctor were to determine not to bleed him, is not that as positive a proceeding as bleeding him ? I say, then, that determining not to go to war is as positive a proceeding as if they had determined to go to war. Though the patient might recover, and you would then say the doctor was a clever man ; or he might die, and you might say he was a fool; still the fact would remain that the doctor had taken a step as complete in the one case as in the other. If he had bled him he would have been act ing; by not bleeding him he would be equally acting. The do-nothing Parliament, by not going to war, has in every case been as active as if it had determined to batter down the whole world. I look around me and ask myself what is the state of England ? Is not property safe ? Is not every man able to say what he likes ? Does not every man enjoy tnat privilege so dear to Englishmen of grumbling as much as he wishes ? (Laughter.) Cannot you walk from one end of England to the other in perfect security ? I ask you whether the world over or in past history there is any thing like it ? (No, no.) Nothing. All I ask, and as I ask it the trembling and fear comes over me which came over the old superstitious heathen when a man had pursued a course of uninterrupted success and he thought the gods were envious of his happiness and would turn a great catastrophe against him-1 pray that our unrivalled happiness—unrivalled I call it, for it is such as the world never saw before—l pray that our unrivalled happiness may escape the terrible ending that the superstitions fear and tremble for. I say to you now that in order that it may so escape you ought to be very careful how you decide that your representatives ought to act. You are so happy, you are so distinguished from the rest of the world, that every step a wise man takes is taken in trembling and in terror lest he should in any way whatever render insecure that great happiness you enjoy, which the world sees and which the world envies. (Loud cheers.) The remainder of the speeches were of a complimentary character. THE BELFAST RIOTS. (From a Correspondent of the 2.1 - orniny Taq.) DUBLIN, Aug. 18. There was no improvement yesterday in the state of Belfast. On the contrary, the mobs seemed to have acquired increased confidence in their strength and defied the local authorities, who, though sup ported by a very large force, both of military and police, were quite unable to subdue them. It is re ported that the greatest indignation prevails among the people because the authorities do not control the mobs or put an end to the disturbances, notwith standing the immense force at their command. "I have seen (says the special reporter of a Dublin paper) the police and military march through crowds that a moment before Lad been committing excesses without making a solitary arrest, although the cha racter of the mob was plainly discernible, if one might judge by the large bludgeons they had in their hands, or the other weapons that a not very else observer conid have seen partly concealed about their persons." It was utterly impossible for any person to pass through the streets after nightfall on Tuesday with safety. Balls whizzed in every direc tion, and several persons were more cr less injured. The Pound and Barrack-street neighbourhood and the fields to one side wise the scenes of a series of pitched battles, the like of which, for ferocity and daring, were never before witnessed in Belfast. Sandy-row was quiet, the opposite mob never hav ing, in any riot that over occurred, penetrated into that locality. _ _ The meeting of Roman Catholics, mentioned in my telegram, was held at the Catholic Institute at 2 p.m. It was convened ostensibly to consider the best means of obtaining protection to life and pro. perty during the present disgraceful riots. About 1,000 persons ware present. On the motion of Mr. .'Kenna (Ulster Observer) Mr. D. O'Rorke took the chair, and addressed the meeting at some length, exhorting them to peace,and begged them to retire to their respective districts, to keep within their houses, and under no provocation to leave their dwellings. Even if their houses were wrecked, he would auvise them to retire to the rear. (Here there were loud cries of "Better be shot on the streets than die like dogs.") Mr Wm. M'Coy did not approve of the policy recommended by the chairman, and moved—" That as the magistrates had proved false to their assurances, and had proved themselves throughout the riots thorough partisans, the Catholic party have lost all confidence in them, and feel bound to at once take measures of their own accord for the protection of their lives and pro• perties." It was carried unanimously, and after a short address from the chairman the assembly dias persed, some of them firing shots. In the course of the forenoon a deputation of merchants, appointed at a public meeting, waited on the magistrates to urge them to enrol special constables, and take other measures for the defence of the people. Alderman MULLAN stated the object of the depe,, tation, referred to the excitement and terror that prevailed, and the fact that the mob were in many parts of the town able to commit outrages with im punity. He stated that it was the opinion of the merchants on 'Change that the course which should be adopted was the swearing.in of special constables t o assist the civil and military authorities, who were unable to cope with the evil. From 5,000 to 10,000 special constables could readily be procured—most respectable men—who would not hesitate to under take the duties imposed upon them, One Magistrate asked , whether the special con stables could be trusted to act impartially ? Alderman NIULLAN said he considered the ques tion little short of an insult. Ho and others who often acted as special jurors could not act otherwise than impartially; and how could it be ques tioned that respectable men would do otherwise upon their oaths when the peace of the town was at stake? Catholics as well as Protestants were ready to serve, and, as he had said, 5,000 to 10,000 trustworthy persons could be obtained in an hour if magistrates would be sent to the various districts to swear them in. Every one should be in his owr. house by nice o'clock, emcapt those charged with protecting the inhabitants ; and if this course were adopted no more would be heard of the riots. The present system, he urged, was quite ineffectual, FL um 40 to 30 men were sent to guard public build• ings which were in little danger, whilst streets and dwelling-houses were left at the mercy of the 'nob. 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"We can recommend It perusal to those who wish to pre serve their te..th, and to those who know the value of them." —Daily News, June 21,1861. London : Clements, Little Pulteney-street. Naval and Military Intelligence, The Lords of the Admiralty at Portsmouth yesterday com menced their day's duties with the inspection of the Royal Marine Artillery at Port Cumberland, the headquarters of this famous corps. The Duke of Somerset, K.G., with Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, Rear-Admiral Hon. J. R. Drummond, and Mr Childers, M.P., accompanied by Capt. R. Hall, private secretary to the Duke of Somerset, Major Clarke, R.E., Admiralty Director of Engineering Works, and other officials, left the Dockyard soon after 10 a.m. in four carriages for the Fort. They arrived there at 11 a.m., and were received at the outer practice ground by Major.- Gen. Stransham, Acijt.- Gen. of the Royal Marine Forces ; Col. Schomberg, Col.-Commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery, with his Staff•oflicers, and a guard of honour, which rendered the usual salute. Their lordships were con ducted to the ship broadside gun and the light mortar batteries, where practice was mtide from the 8-inch ship guns with shot, and front the mortars with dead shell at 600 yards ranges. This having been brought to a conclusion, a field battery of six Armstrong breach-loading guns, and a rocket battery, consisting of three 61b and one 121 b rocket tubes, were manned, and their fire directed against pole targets anchored out at various distances seaward. The practice from the light Armetrongs and the rocket tubes was succeeded by firing shell at long range from the heavy guns mounted on the N.E. angle of the fortress, and with shot from the pivot gun battery at 900 yards range. This brought the firing to a conclusion. The practice throughout was admirable. The fosse of the fortress was next visited by their lordships, and here the same men were to be seen hauling tackles and guys, swinging enormous ordnance in the air in process of mounting and dis mounting, and transporting other ordnance from one part of the fosse or glacis to another. Their lordships' visit being much limited in time, they were soon on their way to the western glade of the fort. There the men were drawn up under arms in line ; they then broke into open columns of companies right in front, and their Lordships having taken up a position at the saluting-point, marched past in quick time. This ceremony over, the men were wheeled into line on the original alignment, and advanced in review order. Another general salute brought the in spection to a close. It was the first time the Lords of the Admiralty had seen the men in their new uniforms in movement under arms, and they appeared to be much impressed with their general appearance and bearing. From Fort Cumberland their Lordships drove to the new sad extensive barracks now erecting for the Royal Marine Artillery at Eastney, a short distance from Fort Cumber land, and spent some time there examining the different ranges of buildings, including the married men's quarters, the schools, &c., &c. From the barracks their Lordships drove back to Portsmouth, and went on board the Osborne to luncheon. After luncheon they disembarked at the King's Stairs of the dockyard, and, accompanied by Admi rals Sir M. Seymour and G. Elliot, with Mr A. Murray, chief engineer of the yard, and Mr Cradock, master ship wright, went on board the screw three-decker Victoria, which has been for some months fitting as the future flag ship for the Mediterranean. Nearly an hour was spent on board this vessel, and from what was allowed to transpire there can be little doubt but that the Admiralty will eventually decide upon supplanting this vessel in her in tended duties with one of our largest iron frigates, The Duke of Somerset afterwards, accompanied by his colleagues, went on board the Tamar iron screw troopship, Capt.F. Stir ling. Admirals Sir F. Grey and Drummond remained on board for a considerable time examining the general arrange ments and fittings of the ship, but the Duke after being on board a short time, left the ship accompanied by Capt. Hall and Mr Romaine, and proceeded on board the Wolverine, 21, screw corvette, Capt. De Horsey, lying alongside the transport jetty. This concluded the round of inspection visits for the day. In the evening the Duke of Somer set, with the other Lords at Portsmouth, and a large party of naval and military officers, were entertained at din ner at the Admiralty House. Their Lordships afterwards attended the ball given at the King's Rooms, Southsea, in aid of the funds of the Seamen's and Marines' Orphan Schools. This morning the Duke of Somerset held a levee at the Royal Naval College in the dockyard. .._. . . __ Earl de Grey and Ripon, on landing with the Lords of the Admiralty yesterday morning from the Osborne, pro• ceeded, accompanied by Col. Jarvis, R. E., to the Gun wharf, where his lordship was met by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., accompanied by Colonel Shadwell, Assistant Quartermaster General, Capt. Paulet, A.D.C., Mr Row land, ordnance storekeeper, and Capt. Hall , barrackmaster for the south-western district. His lordship was occupied during the day in inspecting the various ordnance stores, and afterwards partook of luncheon at Col. Shadwell's resi dence. Rear-Admiral Robinson and Mr Childers, M.P., left Portsmouth for London yesterday afternoon. The Channel fleet, consisting of the Edgar, screw line of battle ships, 71, Capt, Geoffry Ilornby, cam ing the flag of the admiral commanding, Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8.; the Warrior, screw iron frigate, 40, Captain Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B. ; Black Prince, iron frigate, screw, 41, Capt. J. B. Wainwright ; Hector, iron frigate, screw, 54, Capt. George W. Preedy, C.B, ; the Defence, iron frigate, sinew, 16, Capt. A. Fhillimore ; the Prince Consort, iron cased frigate, 35, Captain George O. C.B. ; and the Enterprise, iron-cased sloop, screw, 4, anchored at Spithead yesterday morning on their return from their cruise westwar I. The presence of the ships at Spithead enabled the officers serving in them and their friends to he present at the hall given last night at the Ring's Rooms, Southsea, under the pat:onage of the Lords of the Admiralty, in aid of the funds of the Seamen's and Marines' Orphan Schools, and thus materially benefit that very excellent institution. The fleet is expected to sail again from Spithead in the course of a few days for a cruise on the coasts of Scotland. The performance of the Enterprise (one of Mr Reed's construction), is spoken of by the officers of the fleet very favourably. Some, who are from their position capable of giving competent opinions on the subject, say that a few improvements may be introduced on board with advantage, but that on the whole she is a very efficient vessel. The 11-inch experimental cast-iron gun, made by the Blakely Ordnance Company to the order of the War De partment, was fired yesterday at the proof-butt in Woolwich Arsenal, with a charge of 701 b of powder and a proof cylin der weighing 4001 b. A good deal of doubt was expressed among the officers present as to the result of the proof with so mach powder, and Mr Campbell, who was in attendance, together with Mr Vavasseur on behalf of the Blakely expressed his opinion th a t t h e g un must g ive w Co ny co . p an T y he first round was, in consequence, most anxiously awaited, Those engaged in the office of proving the gun, and, in fact, every one present. sheltered themselves within the bomb-proof cells, apprehensive of danger by exposure outside. The instant the report was heard a rush was made towards the spot whence the firing took place, and about 40 or 50 huge fragments rose with the smoke into the air above, and were soon strewed about the place. This being the first gun made on the principle, the experiment may be considered important, the object being to ascertain if a cheap gun of a large calibre can be made by shrinking a cast iron jacket over a cast-iron tube. The Blakely guns to stand a similar charge—namely, 701 b. of powder—are constructed entirely of steel. Thia one, however, was pur chased with a view to economy, and hence the result. A The freight ship Percy yesterday sailed from Woolwic h rsenal, having embarked war stores for Hobart Town ; and Vie Avon left Woolwich at the same time, laden with Volunteers' pontoon equipment for Dowlais, South Wales. The following garrison of der was yesterday issued at Woolwich, by order from the Horse Guards, for the infor mation of detachments and the numerous corps of Volun teers who are in the habit of using the Woolwich range : " All practice in the Marshes will, until further orders, be suspended, in conformity with instructions received from the Field Marshal Commanding-in- Chief of the Army." Yesterday the large portable shears for lifting the massive iron stem for the iron-clad frigate Bellerophon, in progress at Chatham Dockyard, were successfully fi xe d i n t h e i r p l ace at the head of No. 2 dock, and the work of raising and fixing the stem will be undertaken next week. The portion of the iron frigate forming the stem has been forges i n t h ree sepa rate pieces in the dockyard smithery, and is the largest un dertaking of the kind ever attempted by that department. The entire weight before its removal to the factory to be planed and cut to shape was nearly 30 tons, but its lobs dur ing the operations to which it has been subjected at the hands of the mechanics will reduce its weight by about 10 tons. The Bellerophon's stem will stretch a considerable distance forward below the water-line, and will consequently differ very materially from either the Achilles or the Warrior —the bows of neither of which have a very formidable pro jection. In the Bellerophon, however, beauty of form has been entirely sacrificed to utility. The curve of the stem is as nearly as possible in the shape of the latter S, the pro jecting portion of which will be hidden below the water line, and will be thrust forward some 10 feet. As it is intended to arm this portion of the vessel with a cleaver shaped weapon, the destruction of any shin with which a vessel of her size and tonnage might be brought in contact would appear a matter of certainty. Within the last few days the naval representative of the French Government has paid a visit to Chatham Dockyard, for the express purpose of inspecting the Lord Warden and the Belle rophon iron-clad frigate.. It was the latter vessel, how ever, to which attention was chiefly directed, and in a very minute inspection, on which a considerable time was spent, the officials connected with the dockyard affording every information in their power without the least possible reserve, the opinion was candidly professed that the Belle rophon surpasses all other iron vessels of war hitherto con structed, and that there is no vessel in the French navy which can be compared with her. The engines for the iron frigate are now in course of manufacture by Messrs John Penn and Son, who constructed those for the Achillts and the other large iron vessels of war. They are intended to be very powerful, and although of nominally 1,000 horse power will weigh, with boilers filled, nearly 1,000 tons. They are designed with surface condensers, super-heaters, and to work the steam expansively, with other improve ments, by which it is anticipated that they will work up to even greater indicated horse power than the engines of the Warrior. The Bellerophon is constructed to carry about 800 tons of coal, but in consequence of the numerous im• provements to be effected in her engines it is confidently anticipated that the consumption of fuel will be compara tively small, and the quantity of coal on board sufficient to propel the ship at a high rate of speed for a much greater distance than any other ironclad in the na vy could steam, without replenishieg her c Jal. A general order from the Horse Guards has been received at Chatham garrison, in which it is announced that as the Field Marshal Commanding-in -Chief has decided that it is not necessary for acting assist.-surgeons to wear uniform, general officers commanding districts and divisions, and officers commanding depot battalions, are desired to recog nise them in the performance of their duties, without being in uniform. It was yesterday announced at Chatham, by Admiralty order, that the iron frigate Minotaur, 26, 6,621 tons, 1,350 horse power, now being fitted for sea in the Victoria Dock, is intended to be fitted as a flag -ship, but her intended des.- tination is not stated. "Under this arrangement all the officers will live on the maindeck in time of peace, the cabins which have been fitted for the officers on the lower deck being reserved in the event of war. A suite of cabins and offices for the Admiral will be fitted beneath the poop. An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham ap pointing Messrs Barnaby, Crossland, and Barnes assistant constructors of the navy under the direction of Mr Reed, chief constructor. Alleged Attempted Murder by Brickmakers. On Wednesday, at Heaton—Norris ' Waliarn Slater and Holland Cheetham, members o f t h e Brickmakers' Union, were charged with feloniously wounding, with intent to murder, Thomas Wild, a brickmaker, at Reddish, on the 2d August. The prosecutor has been in the Infirmary since the affray, and was with difficulty brought into court to give evidence. He seems to have been cruelly ill-treated, h av i n g his right arm in spli nts, and suffering from great exhaus ti o n arising from other injuries. He was accommo dated with a chair. Cheethamwas formerly a member of the Manchester police force. Me, F. Bale, surgeon, who was called in at the prosecutor's residence, at Reddish, about 7 o'clock on the morning o f t h e 3d i ns t. s t a t e d th a t h e found him suffering from a P unctured woun d on t h e right arm, and a frac ture of t he bone. The shoulders, ribs, left leg , a nd right eye exhibited mar k s o f great viol ence , w hi c h placed his lifein dange r , Th e ca rt legs produc e d wo uld cause the wo unds inflicted on the eye and arm. In cross-examination the witness said the punctured wound on the arm was evidently caused by a blow, and not by a stab. The prosecutor did not say anything about the persons who attacked him.—Wild, the prose cutor, then gave his evidence. lie said he was a brick burner at Reddish, where he had resided six months, and had worked for Messrs. J. Meadows and Sons six }ears, at Oldham. After he came into the district a " strike" took place amongst the brickmakers, against the pressed bricks. The whole of the hands of the iiessrs. Meadows, 26 in number, turned out on the Friday, and the next day they attended at the Pack Horse, and received 5s each club money from the prisoner Slater. The turn-out lasted five weeks, but he and two others returned to work at the month's end. On the whole ho to hi rece ived 20s from the club. ce of what was said him In consequen mhe sent 6s out of his wages as contribution money to th e c l u b . On one occa sion during the turn - ou t, while at the club, Slater said to him, "If you go into the yard ag a i n your pay will be stopped ;" and on another occasion he said, " you must not be seen in the yard again until the master sends for you." He replied, " All right." On the 2d August it was his shift to watch the kiln. He went on about 9at ni g ht, an d im mediately afterwards he s aw a bri ckmaker, named James, washing himself at the canal side. H e said, " Good night, " and witness returned the compl iment, Before that, he ob served a stranger, a brick temperer, standing near the foun dation for the mill, watching. At midnight, while he was getting coal, a man came between the shed and the lamp. It was Wm. Slater, he thought. He said, "Can you show us where I can lay down an hour or two?" He answered "yes." Slater did not do anything. Five other men then stepped out from the end of the office, and commenced to strike him with pieces of woed. He wa s s t ruc k down s i x times, and was ill-treate d . Wh ile on the ground he ex claimed " Lord have mercy on me —you've finished me." One of the men replied "He'll burn no more," and then left him, and he scrambled on as well as he could, 90 yards off. The person who used the cart legs he took to be the man who was washing himself—Slater. He did not know any of the other five by name except H o ll an d Cheetham, and he said he was not certain about him. Mr Torr was proceeding to cross_examine the witness wh en h e swoone d away, and the inquiry was interrupted. Wild was then carried out of court, followed by Mr Bayl e , th e surgeon, who returned in a short time and stated that, it would not be safe under the circumstances to continue the examination. The prisoners were then remanded, bail being refused. A VETERAN OF THE GRANDE ARMEE.—An old soldier more than a hundred years of age, has just died at Montmiral, near Romans (Drone). He entered the army at the beginning of the Revolution, and terminated his military career at Waterloo. He never suffered from illness, and died at last of decay, N EIVE FA S*r---97 7 17:7,47's- Bel 0— , IX 7• 5 4 Ficiii;'.' ,04F ) .44%ii i r., following address to the Catholics of It, ..-47, 4 " i ;:-4 r sivell- circulated and posted through \ e itt g kalVjj -- j," 4 -7: 3 / 4 ? "-*---' - AVP'e Dearly Beloved Children,—At a time of suct.lo - - t ,. as we have been living in for acme days, even onlaii itals . s creet word or one exaggerated statement is calculated to do much mischief; but, above all, any ill-timed an d im prudent advice—imprudent, if for no other reason tha n that it may be misunderstood from the aimless way in wla ich it is put--is to be regretted. We implore of you agair a and again to act with great patience in the trying circurr isl'ances in which you find yourselves now placed. Wow: UV yen to act with all prudence and with all forbearant ;e. Let not yourselves be carried away by self-installed i rilvisers, nor be influenced by any sayings or writings as ant borised, but what may come front your bishops or clergy- They alone have the right to address themselves to the CI .tholies of Belfast; and they now tell you emphatically to rely on two things-1. Be always in the right ;2, let every breach of the peace be on the part of others, if the peace is to be broken. If you follow this advice she authorities must and will protect you. They must act now without delay_ Bear a little longer, repress the angry feelings of the more impu I rive among you, restrain every incitement to any kind of retaliation, and the authorities will be obliged to act with energy, and restore peace at once to our distracted end die greced town. Things are bad enoueh, but every act of re taliation makes them worse, and is unchristian. Remember that "charity beareth all things . . . endureth all things."-1 Cor. xiii. 7. This is not a time to hold meetings called without the proper authority, nor the time to speak of " manhood," or to appeal, by silly vaunt lags, to a foolish kind of heroism. Let us have pace: let us have no exag geration, no throwing aside of proper and legitimate autho - rity, wheth er ecc l es i ast i ca l or c i v il. If necessary, and at a proper time, a meet i ng shall be held, convened by legiti mate authority, at which the Catholics of Belfast shall take counsel how to act ; but let us not now fan the flame by being parties to the slightest indiscretion. While the storm rages this would do much harm. Be calm, be patient ; and as far as possible, keep within your own homes. True he roism consists in not yi e l d i ng to provocation. Let us do this, and may the " God of a ll peace be with you. " f P. Donne &x, Coadjutor Bishop' August 16, 1864. The following proclamation was posted on tho walls of the town, at a later hourin the evening : V, R. Proolamation.—Whereas, lawless mobs have paraded the streets of this town for several days and nights assaulting and putting in terror the inhabitants, and in juring property, and otherwise endangering t h e public peace : and whereas, it has been represented to the magis trates that large crowds of persons unlawfully assemble the public streets, and aid and encourage such. lawlosn mobs, and refuse, when required, to disperse and go to their homes : Now we, the magistrates of Belfast, hereby give notice that all parties assembling in the streets of Belfast, and refusing to disperse themselves and peacefully to depart to their habitations or lawful business, after the publication of this notice, shall be arrested and prosecuted according to law. Not the slightest result was apparent from these appeals and threats. The mobs continued to act with the same daring against each other, and vi the same impunity, as they had done before. lc( or had the example made in the morning by the pYlice, when the Sandy-row mob was fired on, any visible result. Irritated crowds from this locality con tinued to throng the streets until night closed, and then an engagement between the hostile parties commenced, and continued throughout the night, guns being the principal weapons used. Very many are lying wounded in the houses of each party, besides those sent to the hospital, some of whom are in a dying state. About four yesterday morning the riots were, resumed, and the day was not far advanced before five unfortunates were brought to the Central Hospital, weltering in their blood. The followin g account of the proceedings of the day is taken fro m the Northern Whig : "About four o'clock this morning the rioters made ready for another day's campaign. Similar outrageous scenes to those which have daily been described lately occurred, but with even more terrible determination and deadliness of purpose. The mobs met in several instances, and belaboured each other with the fury of savages. Dover,. street, which runs between the Shankhill-roez. and the Falls-road, was the scene of a dreadful riot, the mob using not sticks and stones, but g was loaded with bullets. For half an hour the fire was kept up between the mobs, who did not sho'.v a spark of cowardice on either side. Volley after volley roared along the street. The rapid dis'.t%arge and whirr of the bullets as they rushed p 3. 5 4, the shouting of the mobs, and the cool determination with w iiich they stood st their post, rnPlide uv a scene absolutely thrilling in a civilised, town. Several people were irj tired with bullets. Those belonging to the Pound had to be taken to the General Hospital, two of them having their legs amputated at the present time, and man 7 received wounds , from bans and slugs, and were carried Lome. The Protestant party, es far as we can learn were unir:jured, except in one instance. Anotb fearful encounter took piece on the Falls. road, gad it is said the Roman Catholic party fir from 'L'he window of Hughes' bakery, wounding several w'no, it is alleged, were about to wreck the establishraent. That part of the town is in a state cf the grf.!ate.st excitctnent, and no business is being done. A large mob of men and women from the Sandy-row district assembled at an early hour this morning opposite the Ulster Railway, with the object of potincing upon any untortunate navvy who might a ppcar. A. lot of fellows waited at the station the arrival of the nine o'clock train, when some individuals, apparently about to proceed to the haryrest in England end Scotland, were set upon end beaten with sticks and stones. One man, who had been severely injured by the mob, was sent to the General Hospital. There are now 37 cases in hose pital ; two men are on the point of death as far as we can learn. There are upwards of 100 cases of injuries from gunshot wounds, attended by private medical men. During the day a large reinforce meat of constabulary arrived from Phceniz Park, Dublin. The General Hospital is now all but filled, 40 in• mates having to be taken from the severe nature of their injuries, and additional accommodation is about to be provided lest the applicants should in. crease. Upwards of 60, who have received flesh wounds, had their wounds dressed, and were sent home. Under the present circumstances some of the present patients had to be placed on the floor of the hospital. Three men had their legs amputated above the knee, and one man had his arm cut off. At half past 12 o'clock a telegram was received here stating that shortly before 6 o'clock last even• ing a serious collision took place between the Orange mob of ship-carpenters and the navvies of the Roman Catholic party. The navvies were forced into the mud banks in our harbour, and were then fired upon from the banks of the river by the Orange party. Nine or ten navvies have received gunshot wounds. One is reported dead. The navvies were up to their necks in the mud when fired upon by the Orangemen, and it was painful to see the wretched men struggling for their lives, not knowing but that in a few moments they would sink deeper and deeper into the mud. Several houses were wrecked during the evening, and numerous parties received severe beatings from both mobs. All the military and police have patrolled the to wn for the purpos e , no doubt, of striking fear into the minds of t h e rioters. The special constables, with batons, also marched through the town in military order. Thero are not less than 4,000 or 5,000 of military and police in town, along with 400 or 500 special con• stables. DUBLIN, Thursday Evening. Belfast is now comparatively quiet. Th e military and police are in such strength that serious rioting can hardly again take place. There was nearly being a fresh outbreak to-c7ny daring the funeral of one of tbe Protestants, who was shot enrly in the week. A volley was fired on the mourners, and ;eat excitement ensued ; but, luckily, no collision took place. The scenes in Belfast, ECCaI about to be repeated in Dundalk. Last evening the Roman Catholics there burned the effigy of King William, end then troke the win. dews of a nnni‘oer of hensrs belonging to the . Pr" testants, besides those o f th e Mchodist Chen:6, the Ragged Schools, Szc. Th u p ro t es tauts in Dundalk, however, aTu too Weak to retaliate. There is a rumour that several towns in the north have risen. TAY SALMON FISHING.. --The Scotsman Bay& : "During the past eight d a ys there has been a very great falling off in the number of tieh landed between Newburgh and the Linn of Campsie• On Tuesday and Wednesday the best stations between the mouth of the Earn and the Friarton Island had not above three or four grilse at most. This paucity of fish is attributable to the low state of the river from the want of rain in the Highland districts;"